Lorna Bourg (English: /bɜːr/; BER) is an American charity director who is President and Executive Director of the Southern Mutual Help Association (SMHA).[1]
Biography
editShe graduated from St. Joseph's Academy and received a Master's degree in Psychology from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, from Harvard University's JFK School of Government in the Sr. Executive's Program, and studied at University of Massachusetts Amherst as well as the University of Wisconsin's Extension Program Community Development.[2]
Bourg co-founded the Southern Mutual Help Association in 1969.[3]
She designed and implemented the Building Rural Communities Program for Economic Development. She designed, and implemented a loan fund for low-income rural homeowners. In 1997, she helped design and implement a pilot programs of the Rural Home Loan Partnership.[4]
Awards
edit- 1992 MacArthur Fellows Program[5]
- Fannie Mae Foundation James A. Johnson Fellow
References
edit- ^ SMHA Staff southernmutualhelp.org
- ^ "Louisiana Public Square". Archived from the original on February 4, 2010. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ "March is Women's History Month: Lorna Bourg". Lafayette Daily Advertiser. March 22, 2006. ProQuest 438345511. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
- ^ "Lorna Bourg, Executive Director, Fannie Mae Foundation". spoke.com.
- ^ "Lorna Bourg, Rural Development Leader, Class of 1992". MacArthur Fellows Program. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
External links
edit- SMHA blog
- "COMMUNITY INVESTMENT", PBS, December 20, 2004
- "Trying to (Re)build a Better South", Foundation News & Commentary, March/April 2006
- “KATRINA COTTAGE:”, Vermilion Faith Community of Care